Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.
ANATOLE FRANCESuffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
More Anatole France Quotes
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He would not stoop even to pick up the old manuscript I am going to seek with so much trouble and fatigue. And in truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
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Man is summed up in Art. All the rest is moonshine.
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To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.
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All changes, even the most longed for, must have their melancholy
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If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
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Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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But I deny that He created the world; at the most He organised but an inferior part of it, and all that He touched bears the mark of His rough and unforeseeing touch.
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Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
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All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.
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